Franklin previewed the game Monday, when he also discussed the status of running back Nicholas Singleton, the team's leading rusher who did not play against UCLA. Here's what Franklin said about the upcoming Penn State-USC game.

James Franklin isn’t the only coach who is having this travel issue in the new Big Ten. It extends to all coaches in all sports and football, given that it is one game a week and played on the weekend, is actually one of the sports that has the easiest travel across the country.

The status of Penn State running back Nick Singleton remains up in the air ahead of Penn State’s road trip to USC. He was scratched in Saturday’s win from UCLA for undisclosed reasons. Head coach James Franklin said then that he was informed right before the game.